The Denver Post and KMGH-Channel 7 have won Scripps Howard Awards, which honor the best work in the communications industry and journalism education in the United States.

The Denver Post won in the category of breaking news for coverage of the Aurora theater shooting July 20, when 12 people were killed and 58 people were wounded by gunfire. The Asbury Park Press was a finalist for its coverage of Hurricane Sandy at the Jersey Shore.

KMGH won in the category of in-depth local TV coverage for “Investigating the Fire,” which uncovered governmental mismanagement of the Lower North Fork fire in March 2012 that killed three people and destroyed more than 20 homes. The station also was a finalist for “A Threat Ignored: The Aurora Theater Shooting Investigation.”

The awards carry a $10,000 cash prize, which The Post will donate to charity.

The 7,800-acre Winter Valley Fire in Moffat County was 100 percent contained Tuesday as visible smoke from interior islands showed minimal creeping behavior, according to the Bureau of Land Management.